Save Our Parks Organization

An unidentified group is operating a phone bank and fraudulently calling itself "Save Our Parks," according to Debbie Cook, spokeswoman for the actual Save Our Parks citizens' organization. The real Save Our Parks was formed last year and led the effort to place an initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot. This initiative, called Measure C, would prohibit the city from selling or leasing park or beach land without a citywide vote.

A developer accused of cutting down active nesting places of hawks in northwest Huntington Beach is under scrutiny by the city's Planning Commission. The commission on Tuesday night voted 7 to 0 to hold a public hearing April 16 to determine whether developer David Dahl's conditional-use permit should be revoked. Dahl has denied that any active nesting areas were destroyed when some of his workmen trimmed trees on March 7.

The city's largest land developer got a huge tax write-off in a deal involving public-access beach land and the Pierside Village development project, according to a citizens group. The group, Huntington Beach Tomorrow, said the city allowed the Huntington Beach Co., the largest private landholder in the city, to claim a valuation of $3 million for oceanfront property previously valued at just $10,000.

A developer in Huntington Beach is being investigated for allegedly destroying the nest of a hawk, a spokesman for the state Department of Fish and Game said Tuesday. Evidence found so far indicates that the developer, David Dahl, had workmen cut down a tree with a nest that was being used by hawks, Fish and Game spokesman Curt Taucher said. Destruction of such nests is illegal. Dahl, in an interview last week, denied that his company had allowed destruction of live trees or an active bird nest.

Save Our Parks, a grass-roots environmental group, announced it is re-evaluating its support of Linda Moulton-Patterson for the City Council after she said she is no longer supporting a parks initiative appearing on the Nov. 6 election ballot. During a candidates' forum Tuesday night at City Hall, Moulton-Patterson said she is not voting for Measure C in the Nov. 6 election.

An environmental organization claimed success Tuesday in an initiative drive to prohibit the city from selling or leasing public land unless voters agree. Debbie Cook, spokeswoman for Save Our Parks, said the initiative, if passed by voters on Nov. 6, would block city plans to lease beach-bluff land for the proposed Pierside Village restaurant project. Cook claimed that the group has gathered 16,500 signatures on initiative petitions, enough to require an election.

A developer accused of cutting down active nesting places of hawks in northwest Huntington Beach is under scrutiny by the city's Planning Commission. The commission on Tuesday night voted 7 to 0 to hold a public hearing April 16 to determine whether developer David Dahl's conditional-use permit should be revoked. Dahl has denied that any active nesting areas were destroyed when some of his workmen trimmed trees on March 7.

Two slow-growth organizations are stepping up their opposition to the controversial Pierside Village project by circulating petitions for voter signatures and mailing them to state officials. The groups, Save Our Parks and Huntington Beach Tomorrow, are passing out petitions opposing the construction of three restaurants on the beach side of Pacific Coast Highway between Main and Lake streets.

A major environmental initiative aimed for the Nov. 6 citywide ballot has failed to qualify by only 550 voter signatures, the county registrar of voters office said on Tuesday. The initiative, circulated by Save Our Parks, was designed to halt controversial proposals to sell or lease parkland and public beaches in the city. The measure, if it had made it to the ballot and been supported by a majority vote on Nov.

Save Our Parks, a Huntington Beach citizens' group, is protesting a proposed land swap between the city and the Huntington Beach Co., arguing that it violates a ballot initiative passed last fall. At issue is a half-acre site on the northwest corner of Clay Avenue and Golden West Street. The city had proposed to use the site for a new reservoir, but later decided to place the reservoir in another area.

A dispute erupted in the northwest part of the city on Thursday when the environmental organization Save Our Parks accused a developer of illegally cutting down live trees and destroying bird nests. The developer, David D. Dahl, denied the charge. At issue is a development site near the intersection of Ellis Avenue and Edwards Street. The site, once occupied by oil wells, is being prepared for a residential development to be called Central Park Estates.

Save Our Parks, a Huntington Beach citizens' group, is protesting a proposed land swap between the city and the Huntington Beach Co., arguing that it violates a ballot initiative passed last fall. At issue is a half-acre site on the northwest corner of Clay Avenue and Golden West Street. The city had proposed to use the site for a new reservoir, but later decided to place the reservoir in another area.

Debbie Cook sat outside her home Thursday in northwest Huntington Beach. On her lap were a pad and legal documents. A frown crossed her face. Despite the historic passage of a beach and parks preservation law Tuesday, she fears pro-development forces on the City Council will try to get around the voter mandate and build on beach and bluff land. "The people don't want it," she said. "Look at that vote on Tuesday. People don't want more buildings on the beach."

An unidentified group is operating a phone bank and fraudulently calling itself "Save Our Parks," according to Debbie Cook, spokeswoman for the actual Save Our Parks citizens' organization. The real Save Our Parks was formed last year and led the effort to place an initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot. This initiative, called Measure C, would prohibit the city from selling or leasing park or beach land without a citywide vote.

Save Our Parks, a grass-roots environmental group, announced it is re-evaluating its support of Linda Moulton-Patterson for the City Council after she said she is no longer supporting a parks initiative appearing on the Nov. 6 election ballot. During a candidates' forum Tuesday night at City Hall, Moulton-Patterson said she is not voting for Measure C in the Nov. 6 election.

In a race against the clock, the City Council will hold an unusual meeting today to vote on a proposed ballot measure for the Nov. 6 election. The filing deadline for ballot measures is 5 p.m. today. The council will consider a rival ballot measure to an initiative already placed on the ballot by Save Our Parks, an environmental group.

The State Lands Commission in Sacramento is being flooded with mail and phone calls from people opposed to the Pierside Village project, an attorney for the commission said Friday. Curtis Fossum, senior staff counsel for the state agency, said in a telephone interview that more than 1,000 letters and petitions have flowed into the commission's office from people opposed to any new buildings on the beach at Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway.

A major environmental ballot measure, ruled dead earlier this week for lack of signatures, has qualified after all for the Nov. 6 election, the city clerk's office said Thursday. An obscure quirk in state law, discovered only Wednesday, made the difference, city officials said. The ballot measure is a proposed City Charter amendment that would forbid the sale of park or beach land in Huntington Beach without a vote of the people.